Diamonds head south again, Steelmen go north and Poppies stay put

Andy Peaks' AFC Rushden & Diamonds team will be back in the Southern League next season

Published:08:05Monday 15 May 2017

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AFC Rushden & Diamonds will be back in the Evo-Stik Southern League Division One Central for the 2017-18 season.

Diamonds, who will start the next campaign by playing their home games at Kempston Rovers’ ground ahead of a proposed move to Hayden Road in Rushden, have been switched back having spent one season in the Evo-Stik Northern Premier League Division One South.

In the club allocations for Steps One to Four released by the Football Association at the weekend, Corby Town were placed in the Northern Premier League Division One South while Kettering Town remain in the Southern League Premier Division.

All divisions will be officially rubber-stamped at the leagues’ annual meetings over the next few weeks.